National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman Jon Parrish Peede has announced $28.6 million in grants for 233 humanities projects across the country, including $2.8 million for 16 projects in Pennsylvania.

“These new NEH-supported projects will help shore up the nation’s most valuable assets: its history, literature, historic sites, regional traditions, and cultural institutions,” said Peede.

The announcement took place at Christ Church in Philadelphia which will be receiving a $500,000 grant to to help restore its steeple and supporting brick tower.

Other projects include the restoration of an historic African American farm, support for the construction of a new visitor’s center at the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, and research into the role of compassion in art and literature.

“Congratulations to the recipients of these well-deserved grants,” said Laurie Zierer, executive director of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. “With the support of the NEH, the humanities are being leveraged to strengthen our cultural and historical assets, as well as make meaningful change in communities across the state.”  

 

*** 

 

NEH GRANT AWARDS AND OFFERS, MARCH 2019

Library Company of Philadelphia
Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions
Program Description: Support for institutions to host scholars for advanced research in the humanities.
Outright Amount: $225,000
Project Director: James Green

Lancaster County Historical Society
Historic Places: Planning
Program Description: Support to enhance public programming at a historic site.
Outright Amount: $75,000
Project Director: Thomas Ryan

Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Program Description: Support to preserve and make accessible a significant humanities collection.
Outright Amount: $347,525
Project Director: Margery Sly

Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Program Description: Support to preserve and make accessible a significant humanities collection.
Outright Amount: $87,598
Project Director: Matthew Strauss

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Program Description: Support to preserve and make accessible a significant humanities collection.
Outright Amount: $75,000
Project Director: Hoang Tran

Swarthmore College
Humanities Collections and Reference Resources
Program Description: Support to preserve and make accessible a significant humanities collection.
Outright Amount: $325,624
Project Director: Wendy Chmielewski

Susquehanna University
Humanities Connections Implementation Grants
Program Description: Support for academic programs that integrate multiple disciplines.
Outright Amount: $83,820
Project Director: Betsy Verhoeven

University of Scranton
Humanities Connections Planning Grants
Program Description: Support for academic programs that integrate multiple disciplines.
Outright Amount: $34,958
Project Director: Ana Ugarte

Dennis Farm Charitable Land Trust
Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
Program Description: A matching grant to generate private support for a humanities project.
Matching Amount: $400,000
Project Director: Denise Dennis

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc.
Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
Program Description: A matching grant to generate private support for a humanities project.
Matching Amount: $500,000
Project Director: Sara Jane Elk

Old Christ Church Preservation Trust
Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grants
Program Description: A matching grant to generate private support for a humanities project.
Matching Amount: $500,000
Project Director: Barbara Hogue

CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia
Media Projects Production
Program Description: Support for the production of a film, radio, podcast series or other media project.
Outright Amount: $200,000
Project Director: Samuel Katz

Duquesne University
Summer Stipends
Program Description: Support for advanced research toward a publication.
Outright Amount: $6,000
Project Director: Faith Barrett

Duquesne University
Summer Stipends
Program Description: Support for advanced research toward a publication.
Outright Amount: $6,000
Project Director: Danielle St. Hilaire

Lehigh University
Summer Stipends
Program Description: Support for advanced research toward a publication.
Outright Amount: $6,000
Project Director: Yinan He

Temple University
Summer Stipends
Program Description: Support for advanced research toward a publication.
Outright Amount: $6,000
Project Director: Alex Gottesman

***

Download the complete list of NEH grant offers and awards by geographic location.